My First InDesign Document

This is my first attempt at creating an InDesign file, we were introduced to the different tools such as the black/white arrow tool (and when each should be used), how to insert pictures and text and have the text flow from the first column to the next.

Initially we had to setup our InDesign document, which included making sure we had the correct amount of pages, columns and margins were correct size. The pages included 1 front page and then a double page spread to follow, I chose 3 columns and left the margins at their default values. Once I move onto creating my final product I will use my research to determine what sized margins and amount of columns would be suitable.

Once my document was setup and created, I began by inserting rectangles to determine where my text would go, and then quickly inserted a section of a document as example text into the first column to work with. To make the text flow from one column to another, I clicked the small red rectangle at the bottom of the first column and then clicked the second column, and then did the same for the third column.

I then created a drop cap tool using this:

To create a drop cap spanning 5 lines and then altered the text size to 12pt:

I found images online and then created rectangle shapes on my page to determine where my images would be placed on the page. I then used File => Place and placed each image into it's pre-placed rectangle. After modifying the image's size and positioning they fit into the page as shown.